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Academic Year 2002/2003

Perspectives on Race
AFAM 327 SP
Crosslistings:
ANTH 327

This course will examine race from a number of disciplinary perspectives to refine our understandings of the ways this socially constructed category has had and continues to have concrete impact in the U.S., the Caribbean, and Great Britain. Drawing from history, social science, literature, and film, we will explore a range of topics including the instability of race revealed in "passing" and debates about a multiracial census category, the construction of "whiteness," representations of race in popular culture, and the emergence of identity politics. Throughout the course we will pay special attention to the intersection of race and racism with gender, class, ethnicity, and nationality.

MAJOR READINGS

RACE --Steven Gregory and Roger Sanjek, eds.
THE WAGES OF WHITENESS -- David Roediger
AUTOBIOGRAPHY OF AN EX-COLORED MAN -- James Weldon Johnson
RACE REBELS -- Robin Kelley

EXAMINATIONS AND ASSIGNMENTS

Participation in class discussion, short writing assignments, class presentations

Unless preregistered students attend the first class meeting or communicate directly with the instructor prior to the first class, they will be dropped from the class list. NOTE: Students must still submit a completed Drop/Add form to the Registrar's Office.

COURSE FORMAT: Lecture/Discussion

REGISTRATION INFORMATION

Level: UGRD    Credit: 1    Gen Ed Area Dept: SBS ANTH    Grading Mode: Graded   

Prerequisites: AFAM201 OR ANTH101 OR ANTH102 Links to Web Resources For This Course.

Last Updated on MAR-18-2003

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